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Philosophy: A Guide through the Subject
Grayling, A. C. (Editor) with Contributors including Bernard Williams, Roger Scruton, Martin Davies, David Wiggins, Christopher Janaway, David Papineau, & Mark Sainsbury
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne &c., 1995
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Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Trade Paperback Edition. BRILLIANT: ENGAGING: STIMULATING: AUTHORITATIVE: NEW First Trade Paperback Edition (Orig. 1995) First Printing: NEW handsomely-designed color-illustrated cover on heavy laminated card-stock, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, PRISTINE IN…TERIOR printed w/ remarkable clarity on EXCELLENT acid-free archival paper * 6.06" x 9.12" x 1.50", 1.04 kg, viii+678 (686) pp * CONTENTS & CONTRIBUTORS: PHILOSOPHY I - A GUIDE THROUGH THE SUBJECT: PART I: (1) Epistemology: Scott Sturgeon, M.G.F. Martin, & A.C. Grayling; (2) Philosophical Logic: Mark Sainsbury; (3) Methodology: The Elements of the Philosophy of Science: David Papineau; (4) Metaphysics: Time Crane, David Wiggins; (5) The Philosophy of Mind: Martin Davies; PART II: (6) Ancient Philosophy I - The Pre-Socratics & Plato: Christopher Janeway; (7) Ancient Philosophy II - Aristotle: Hugh Lawson-Tancred ; (8) Modern Philosophy I - The Rationalists: Roger Scruton; (9) Modern Philosophy II - The Empiricists: A.C. Grayling; PART III: (10) Ethics: Bernard Williams; (11) Aesthetics: Sebastian Gardner * ABOUT THE BOOK: This comprehensive collection is designed as a complete introduction to philosophy for students & general readers. Consisting of 11 extended essays, specially commissioned for this volume from leading philosophers, the book surveys all the major areas of philosophy & offers an accessible but sophisticated guide to the main debates. An extended introduction provides general context & explains how the different subjects are related. The first part of the book deals with the foundations of philosophical inquiry: epistemology, philosophical logic, methodology, metaphysics, & the philosophy of mind. The second part offers historical chapters, two on ancient philosophy and two on modern philosophy. Finally, two chapters deal w/ questions of value, ethics & aesthetics. Ea. chapter has a full bibliography. This is real philosophy, not simplified philosophy: it will be accessible for the beginner but equally valuable for the advanced reader. Deep & challenging questions are not shirked. This stimulating authoritative text will give each reader a unique sense of involvement in philosophy as it is practiced today * ABOUT THE EDITOR: A.C. Grayling is Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London, & Senior Research Fellow at St Anne's College, Oxford. He is the author of the Past Masters volume on Wittgenstein (OUP, 1988). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.
